I saw a "BLACK HELICOPTER"

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I saw a "BLACK HELICOPTER"

I was outside about twilight last Wednesday in Courtland, VA when a helo flew over very low, about 300 feet. This is way below FAA regs. It made 3 passes about a minute apart each. It was black with a small white top. It looked like those helos from MASH except the tail was enclosed in sheet metal. There were no identifying markings on it. It had no navigational lights on. I called the Sheriffs office and asked if they knew who to report it to. I was told that they were spraying for mosquitos. They were not interested in reporting it. There were no external tanks and I never smelt any perticide despite that it flew directly over me on the first pass.

d) Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface—

(1) A helicopter may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, provided each person operating the helicopter complies with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the FAA

They don't even have to be sprayers/whatevers - any helo can operate low if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface... as long as they aren't breaking any other specific regs. Sightseeing helos, for example, do this all the time.

A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.

You should have been in WNC when they were first looking for Eric Rudolph. The black helicopters were like mosquitos. We would have one pass over campsite about 4-5 times a day. But they were the big boys.